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Calm girl without a doubt (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mollify

'calm' is the definition.
(I know that mollify is a more specific form of calm)

'girl without a doubt' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'molly' (girl's name).
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'a doubt' becomes 'if' (as in 'it's a big if').
'molly' enclosing 'if' is 'MOLLIFY'.

(Other definitions for mollify that I've seen before include "Soothe feelings of" , "Placate, appease" , "Appease the anger of (someone)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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